Search for dissertations about: "Motor Development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 416 swedish dissertations containing the words Motor Development.
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1. Manual Motor Development in Infancy : Execution and Observation of Actions
Abstract : Of all motor skills, manual reaching might be the one ability that matters most for infants’ perceptual, cognitive and social development. Reaching allows infants to learn about object properties, but also gives opportunities for socializing with others. READ MORE
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2. Infants in Control : Prospective Motor Control and Executive Functions in Action Development
Abstract : This thesis assesses the link between action and cognition early in development. Thus the notion of an embodied cognition is investigated by tying together two levels of action control in the context of reaching in infancy: prospective motor control and executive functions. READ MORE
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3. Development of functional asymmetries in young infants : A sensory-motor approach
Abstract : Human functional laterality, typically involving a right-sided preference in most sensory-motor activities, is still a poorly understood issue. This is perhaps particularly true in terms of what underlying mechanisms that may govern lateral biases, as well as the developmental origins and course of events. READ MORE
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4. Ontogenetic and comparative aspects of cerebellar and motor development
Abstract : During the course of development the motor repertoire of animals and humans alike go through dramatic changes. New motor patterns arise; movements become coordinated, improve in precision and are at the same time continuously calibrated to the changing body dimensions. The cerebellum is critical for movement coordination and adaptation in adults. READ MORE
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5. Neural Control of Movement : Motor Neuron Subtypes, Proprioception and Recurrent Inhibition
Abstract : Movement is central for life, and all animals depend on accurate regulation of movement for purposeful behavior. There is great diversity of movements, ranging between simple and vital breathing movements to minute and subtle movements of the face used to communicate emotions. READ MORE